Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A vehicle vector system comprised of an at least two vehicles including a first vehicle and a second vehicle, wherein the first vehicle has an at least one onboard camera having an at least two functionality modes, wherein the at least two functionality modes includes an automated movement mode and a driving mode, whereby the first vehicle has a self-guidance system that is engaged when the first vehicle is in the driving mode, whereby the at least one onboard camera is at a first position when the first vehicle is in the driving mode and the at least one onboard camera is at a second position when the first vehicle is in the automated movement mode, wherein the first vehicle has a vehicle onboard computer system, wherein the second vehicle has a vehicle onboard computer system, wherein the vehicle vector system is further comprised of a computer, a data server, wherein the first vehicle at least one camera is an onboard camera operable to calculate a vector with a relative position in an at least one dimensional space to the second vehicle, a communications link to enable communication exchanging the relative position between the first vehicle and the second vehicle to either the vehicle vector system or the first vehicle onboard computer system.
2. The vehicle vector system according to claim 1 wherein the relative position between the first vehicle and the second vehicle has a vector having an angle and a distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle, and whereby the at least one onboard camera first position for the driving mode is at least one of a front camera that is forward facing, a middle camera that is rear facing, a rear camera that is backward facing, and a side camera that is backward facing towards a blindspot of the first vehicle.
3. The vehicle vector system according to claim 1 wherein the relative position between the first vehicle and the second vehicle is represented by a vector having an angle and a distance between the first vehicle and the second vehicle and the vector is calculated by using both a vector by the first vehicle onboard camera and a vector by a second vehicle onboard camera, whereby the first vehicle has a self-guidance system that is not engaged when the first vehicle is in the automated movement mode, whereby the at least one onboard camera is at a second position when the first vehicle is in the automated movement mode.
4. The vehicle vector system according to claim 1 is further comprised of an authorized retriever, wherein at least one of the first vehicle or second vehicle is further comprised of an onboard container, wherein the vehicle vector system in the automated movement mode moves the onboard container, and whereby the at least one onboard camera of the first vehicle has a line of sight that includes the second vehicle surrounding the first vehicle to confirm the presence of the onboard container in the second vehicle.
5. The vehicle vector system according to claim 1 further comprised of an offboard camera mounted above at least one of the first vehicle or second vehicle, and whereby the at least one onboard camera has a line of sight that includes the exterior of the second vehicle surrounding the first vehicle and wherein the at least one onboard camera is determining whether the second vehicle is in a soiled or a damaged condition.
6. The vehicle vector system according to claim 1 further comprised of a fixed stationary point and wherein the vehicle vector system utilizes at least two cameras from one onboard camera of either the first vehicle or the second vehicle and at least one offboard camera to indicate a vector having a relative position in at least one dimensional space between the fixed stationary point and either the first vehicle or the second vehicle, and a communications link to enable communication exchanging the vector having a relative position between the first vehicle or the second vehicle and the fixed stationary point to utilize the automated movement mode to initiate movement of at least one of the first vehicle or second vehicle, and the at least one onboard camera is at a second position when the first vehicle is in the automated movement mode coordinated with the at least one offboard camera and when the second vehicle is also in the automated movement mode.
7. The vehicle vector system according to claim 6 whereby the fixed stationary point is within a parking garage having a roof, whereby the at least one onboard camera is further comprised of an actuator for either the first vehicle or second vehicle, whereby the vehicle vector system directs the actuators to position the camera towards the parking garage roof, and whereby parking garage roof establishes a position of either the first vehicle or second vehicle within the parking garage and the at least one onboard camera of the first vehicle in a second position and the at least one onboard camera of the second vehicle in a second position.
8. A vehicle vector system comprised of an at least one vehicle including a first vehicle and a second vehicle, whereby the first vehicle is a shared vehicle having operating alternatively between a change reservation mode and a driving mode, whereby the vehicle vector system directs the movement of at least one of the first vehicle and the second vehicle when the first vehicle is in the change reservation mode and concurrently in the automated movement mode, wherein the first vehicle has an at least one onboard camera, wherein the first vehicle has a vehicle onboard computer system, wherein the vehicle vector system is comprised of a fixed stationary point, a computer, a data server, and an at least one offboard camera that is offboard of the first vehicle and on the fixed stationary point and the first vehicle, wherein the vehicle vector system calculates a vector having a relative position in an at least one dimensional space calculated by the combination of a vector from the first vehicle onboard camera and a vector from the offboard camera of the vehicle vector system, a communications link to enable communication exchanging the vector between the first vehicle and the fixed stationary point to either the vehicle vector system or the first vehicle onboard computer system.
9. The vehicle vector system according to claim 8 whereby the at least one dimensional space is a three dimensional space represented by a vector between the first vehicle and the fixed stationary point, whereby the vehicle vector system coordinates the movement of the first vehicle and the movement of the second vehicle using the three dimensional space, whereby the at least one onboard system has an actuator to move the camera from a first position to a second position, and whereby the vehicle vector system coordinates the movement of the at least one onboard camera of the first vehicle from the first position to the second position wherein the second position is not the same position as when the first vehicle is operating in the driving mode.
10. The vehicle vector system according to claim 8 further comprised of a self-guidance system is engaged on to safely drive the first vehicle when the first vehicle is not within the parking garage and the self-guidance system is not engaged when the first vehicle is within the parking garage.
11. The vehicle vector system according to claim 8 further comprised of a track guide within a parking garage having a roof and an at least one symmetrical structure attached to the parking garage roof to move the offboard camera to provide a controlled movement plane that extends a viewing angle as compared to the fixed stationary point, whereby the vehicle vector system also moves the at least one onboard camera from a first position to a second position, and whereby the first position is when the first vehicle is not within the parking garage and the second position is when the first vehicle is within the parking garage.
12. The vehicle vector system according to claim 11 whereby the first vehicle is in a parking garage further comprised of an at least one symmetrical structures include lighting fixtures, support beams, and/or utility conduits, whereby the vehicle vector system also moves the at least one onboard camera from a first position to a second position, and whereby the second position is in view of the at least one symmetrical structures.
13. The vehicle vector system according to claim 8 further comprised of a package management system and a second vehicle, whereby the vehicle vector system coordinates the movement of a container from a first physical place to a second physical place wherein the first physical place and the second physical place has a vector with a relative position to at least one of the first vehicle or second vehicle, whereby the second physical place is within the first vehicle, and whereby the onboard camera of the second vehicle is utilized to confirm the placement of the container within the first vehicle.
14. The vehicle vector system according to claim 13 whereby the second vehicle is a robot or shuttle operable to move the container from the first physical place to the second physical place, and whereby the second vehicle at least one onboard camera has an actuator to change the view angle to also view the exterior condition of the first vehicle to determine if the first vehicle is in a soiled or damaged condition.
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August 24, 2021
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